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8th Annual Discarded to Divine Fashion Showcase | Friday Nights at the de Young

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This spring, join us on the “plein” for season 9 of Friday Nights at the de Young and celebrate the museum’s collections along with Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis and Rembrandt’s Century.

Art-making for allMuseum Lobby6:00–8:30 p.m. Hands-on art making in celebration of our current Dutch-related exhibitions! This age-inclusive project helps everyone get up close and personal to the artistic process. Join our museum artists in creating a project of your own to take home.

Join us for this popular event where designers (students and professionals) showcase beautifully designed and cutting-edge fashions from discarded clothing. This year’s creative inspiration will focus on Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis. For more information about Discarded to Divine go online to www.discardedtodivine.org/

Ticket Information

Public programs are free and open to the public.

Tickets are required (advance purchase highly recommended) for the special exhibitions Girl With a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis and Rembrandt's Century. Please click the button below for online reservations, which are available only 24 hours or more in advance. Please call the museum operator at 415.750.3600 for on-site purchase availability.

Education programs for Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis are supported in part by a grant from The Netherland-America Foundation. The Fine Arts Museums’ Cultural Encounters programs are made possible through the generous support of The Hearst Foundations and The Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation. Thanks to our media sponsor the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

de Young Artist-in-Residence Susan Tonkin Riegel is a mixed-media artist who loves the language of symbols and archetypes. Her spontaneous and intuitive process records glimpses of her personal life and dreams.

Film Screening6:15 p.m.Proust + Vermeer (Dir. Richard Voorhees, 30 mins., in French with English subtitles)

Arguably the greatest French writer of the 20th century, Marcel Proust was a huge admirer of Vermeer, and he wove many observations about the painter into his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past) Some are laughable and some profound.